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4 4 THE ASSOCIATED .LAST EDITION 4:00 P. M. Weather Terecait: Partly Cloudy. ; FEES! DISPATCHES VOL-XV-'NOr, ASHEVILLE, N. C TUESDAY AFTERNOON, AUGUST 23, 1910. 3c FEB COPT? WOMEN SAVE ELK CITY LIGHTNING KILLS THREE - -fe-.X- LIST OF DEAD STI Ml Corey's Actress Wife Is To Return to Stage Burned District in Montana and Idaho, From Mlssouta to st. Joe's Headwaters, Far in Other Directions. THREE HUNDRED FIGHTERS HAVE PROBABLY PERISHED Half Force of 600 Men Unaccounted For Eight Lives Lost at Wal lac, Property Damaged a Million Dollars. MMslMlii3i-)iiliVMVr.tMi ! Three Hundred I mucouiilcd l Tor. 8okane, Auk. 23. Three hundred fire lighters of the total force of (iul) which has been battling the flames In the burning white pine forest of northern Idaho are unaccount ed for. Government Forest Supervisor Welgle at Wallace declares he believes that nearly all have perished. HELENA,, Aug. 2! Pacific train has from the west, th 23. A Northern reached Helena from the west, the first in three days, the passengers reporting thrilling experiences The fire situation in that vicinity la unimproved. Two new fires are reported. Help Wanted In California. Washington, Aug. 23. Three com panies of troops to fight forest tires in the Tahoe national forest In Cali fornia have been asked for through the forest service. The war depart ment bus Issued orders to dispatch tliu troop from San Franclsoo. . ' ; Hcrolnm of Klk City Women. Spokane, Aug. 13. The heroism of women has saved Elk City from the rate of the forest fires. While the mule population wrre lighting the ad vance of the conflagration they have guarded the homes and business Jiousi n, extinguishing incipient blazes Marled by brands from the burning forests. Many stayed on the roofs of buildings all Saturday nlghU The town is out of danger but con ditions in the surrounding regions are crowing worse. The entire Iron moun tain is again ablaze. The American river district is a mass of flames. The lire in Clearwater reserve is beyond control. The fire on Old Man creek and the one on Salway have united and no further effort will be made to control them. First (Stage of Panic ratwed. The llres have swept past Wallace. Idaho. Towns of the Coeur D'Alene district have passed the first stage or wild, unreasoning panic. The death list is growing. With report of the Bullion Mine tragedy, a number of new deaths have been recorded. In Wallace the people have largely re covered from the shock of the nar row escape of Saturday. Hardly a bridge in the country round Wallace Is left, and the railway lines are bad ly crippled. The burned district, gen erally speaking, extends east to Mis soula, Mont, north to the headwaters of the St. Joe and In other directions nobody knows how far. The losses at Wallace are still estimated at a mil lion dollars with 135,000 Insurance. Klghty lives were lost OITers of assistance have been re ceived front many sources, but none hag been accented. Fires are report ed all around Murry, but the town Is still untouched. FIVE AMERICANS ARE HELD FOR PLUNDERING ON THESEA HE IS WILLING JO JOIN WITH OTHERS IN PROJECT A First Class and Modern Hotel, in Keeping with Asheville's Importance, Under Consideration. MRS.: WILLIAM K. COKEY. Mrs. William E. Corey (Mabclle Gilman), wife of the president of the fnlted States Steel corporation, who announces her reappearance In opera. The anuearance la said to be planned to take place in London. Lewis Waller, one of the London singers, reports that he has been negotiating tn minnnrt the sin tier as "Katherine" with himae'.f as "Pctruchlot" The production is loul d for 1911. He Spent $4 Per Vote And Is Under Arrest Joseph C. Sibley, Who Withdrew as Candidate in 28th Penn sylvania Last Night, Is Charged With Conspiracy to Debauch Voters, Along With Three Others. Franklin. Pa., Aug. 23. Joseph C. Slhlejywho withdrew at a candidate for congress in the twenty-eighth Penn sylvania district last night, was ar rested a few hours later on a warrant charging "conspiracy to debauch vnt- i." He was released on his own re cognizance for a hearing at Warren on August 2. HAS BEEN SELECTED It is Composed of Guy Roberts, R. M. Wells And W. W. Zachary-'Bob" Reynolds Making Votes. Mr. Sibley spent $17,000 in Warren county to secure his nomination and in the entire district $32,000, which according to the population, averaged i4 per vote. In the wnrrant under which Hlblry was arrested three other politicians are charged with conspir acy to debauch voters. PLUCKY CI DRIVES TWO El Mr. Grove, Mr. Hardwick, Mr. Cary and ; Others Inspect Sites-rrStatement by Mr. Grove. A the SI I EVILLE citizens will le rejoiced to know that lroiosal to build here a finely equipped, modern hotel, ins assumed a definite concrete form. Mr, (J rove made the statement today that he stood ready, conditions lieinjr. favor able, to provide the site and interest himself, financially, in a hotel that wtuld serve every purpose of a. resort of Ashe ville's size and populrity. Passenger Traffic Manager S. II. Hardwick and General Passenger Agent II. F. Carey, and other railway officials, hearing ofMrOrove's inter est, postponed' ttyeir departure from Asheville to discuss the subject with him, and these visiting gentlemen, together with Messrs. Grove, Randolph and others, made the trip to Sunset this afternoon. The party made the trip in carriages and spent some time in looking over any number ot very beautiful, available sites to be found in the E. W. Grove property of several hundred acres. . , - 7 r T i T " r 7 U t ? . y t I 1 , yh - Ji i t-lvy : :;l,hy i " ,i u I" V V 7 -. . t i ' i if if 1 r -.-v. If; t u t t ,a . . . .' i fJ, UiK'slO f 7 ' ? ' . - K ; ; , ? t . i"'. r.j!'- "f , x . ', KaPV . k - . -A t r ' . "- ' rtS '.-r ; -m- TJ- THE HARPOON, " STEEPLESTRUCK II. ffll BOLT Three Prominent Citizens of Madison Are Instantly Kill ed and Several Others Seriously Hurt. 25 PEOPLE IN CHURCH AND ALL FELT THE SHOCK After Services at Baldwin's Chapel Sunday Worshippers HadRemain ed in the Building For Shelter. v1 1 . Sun WIWKH OP SI.HIICS AND CTP IX TIIR IXTKKNATIOVAL KOXDICR ISOAT HACKS AT MA ItULKMK l, MASS. Madriz, Defeated, Quietly Got Away Downfall of His Government Was Without Disorder He Departed Aboard Gunboat Momotombo and Went Pre sumably to Western Extr emity of Lake Managua. Ml ANAUUA, NICARAGUA, Aug. 2.1. The downfall of thr Mnd- iz Bovornment, aftor the de- clsivo defeats administered by Estra da' Torres last Week, was accom plished without disorder. Madriz left the city quietly Sunday niht aloard the KUiihoat Momotombo, on which It Is presumed he went to the western extremity of Lake ManaKUa, where he rould take train for Corlnlo. The lund trip presented greater danger the and from the Hntrnda sympathizers. Keports from Oorlnto tell of departure from there of Madriz his generals for Amalpa, Honduras, aboard the Pacific mall steamer San Jose. The administration In the cap ital is Mill In the hands of Jose Do lores Kstrada, brother of the insur gent leader. The provisional gover nor has announced his intention of holding the reins of government only until his brother arrives with victor! ous forces. Special to The Gazette-News. SPRINGS, Aug. 23. During electric storm about noon . ouiiuay, on ine Meaaow one of baring creek, Madison county, about 14 miles from Hot . Springs, three men were Instantly killed and several others seriously injured by a stroke of lightning which, striking the steeple or Baldwin's chapel, badly shattered the church building and threw the other occupants Into a panic. The dead are: JAY BALDWIN, 50 years of age. HOMER YATES, 22 years of age. JOE COG-DILL, IS years of age. Those seriousy injured are Thomas Baldwin, H. L. Askew and Houston Uaney. Runey was perhaps the most seriously injured f the three and may not recover. Following services at the Methodist chapel about 25. people remained In the church to shelter from the ap proaching thunder and rain storm. Some ot them were standing in the door watching the approaching storm when the fatal bolt, ' striking the . steeple of the chapel, instantaneously brought death to the three men and shocked all the others In the churotu All three of the dead men are promi nent In the Spring creek section, Baldwin and Yates being married, and each Is survived by a widow and a family. The tragic death of these persons has cast a gloom over the entire com munity. The body of Joe Cogdill was Interred yesterday, while the funeral of Mr. Baldwin and Mr. Yates was held today. While all of the bodies were badly burned by the lightning, that of Yates was charred to tha greatest extent. STORE WAS BROKEN INTO AND ROBBED OF SMALL SUM Negroes Captured by Posse After At tempting to Criminally As sault Another Woman. Were Jailed at Horta, and Turned Over to s Vmsrt or tlie Vrtw tl Ouixo Squadron. Washington, Aug. JS. Five Ameri cans are being held aboard the battle ship Coma of the practice squadron returning from a cruise abroad with the midshipmen, on a charge of plun dering a vessel on the high seas. They ars members of the chew of the Amer ican whaling schooner Pedro Verala of New Bedford. The men were placed In Jail at Hor ta, Fayal, at the request ot the Ameri can consular agent, and will be turn ed over to the United States author ities on arrival at Annapolis Au gust 88. Ouy Roberts uf Marshall and R. M. Wells of Asheville, the two meniberi of the Fifteenth Judicial exeeullvo committee selected at the recent democratic Judicial convention held In this city with whom was left the selection of a member from Tran sylvania eounlj have selected W. W. Zachery of that nxiunty. The commit tee has gotten down to work and are making a vigorous cnirpalgn for the election of a democratic solicitor from this district In Robert It. Reynolds the commit tee believes they have a rnnmoaie who will carry the district, composed of Madison, Transylvania anu nun combe counties, for the democrots. I ISAAC D. ENGLISH . One of the OIlt and Ilent Known Cltlieim of MIK hell County Fames to Hetd. AN AUTOMOBILE TOWN. Hint, Mich.. Has Outgrown Any l'lace Ho Far Reported by the Thir teenth Census. Washington, Aug. 13. The greatest lnrreue yet shown by the thirteenth census .is that of Flint, MlchM which has grown from 11.101 In 100, to 11, 660 in 1019, an Increase of 1(4.2 per entM because of the development of the automobile Industry. Attel Kanlly Defeat Merino. Calgary, Alberta, Aug. 23. Abs At tel, the featherweight chamnion. easi ly defeated Rddla Merino last night. the latter' seconds throwing up the Spoils In th third round. VonsHCnln, Fla Aug. 23. Charged with attempting to commit criminal assault on Mrs. Mlddh ton, who lives in the country west of I'ensaeola, John ami E. C. Perdue, two negroes, were caught In a swamp by a sheriff's posse late yesterday and brought here. According to Mrs. Mlddleton, some smalt boys prevented the negroes from accomplishing, their purpose, - When the boys heard the screams of the woman they ran to the house to Inves tigate and the negroes, hearing run ning footsteps, lied,' A few hours later thn negroes went to the home of a man named Lowry live miles distant where they found Miss Lena Lowry, an 1 vars old girl, alone. She sow them coming and se curing a brace of pistols, she leveled them at the negroes when they were J about to enter the house and ordered them to leave, wnicn mey oiu, News reached here today of the death at 8pruce Pine Sunday of Isaac D. English, one of the oldest anu nesi known men of Mitchell county. He was a prominent business man and successfully operated several mica mines In pnst years. He had a num ber of relatives In this section and In Transylvania county. During the war between the states, Mr. English, so his friends say, shel tered and cared for Col. Greer of Sy racuse, who made his escape from prison at Salisbury. After the war was over and Col. Greer, remembering the kindness to him of Mr. English, re turned to Spruce Pine and showed his appreciation to Mr. English and his family by. performing many acts kindness. , . PKAOTICK CRWNE ENDS. Squadron Returns to Annapolis The Heath of One of the Midship men Ih Announced. of Thro Aro Killed. Hngerstown, Md., Aug. 21 Three men were killed and six injured In 4 head-on freight collision on the west ern Maryland at Edemoat last nlht. Norfolk, Aug. 23. The naval prac tice souadrnn from Annapolis, com- posed of the battleships Iowa, Indiana and Massachusetts, has passed In th Virginia capes returning from an all summer practice cruise In European waters with naval midshipman aboard. The snuadron proceeded up the Chesapeake Bay for Annapolis. A wireless dispatch from the Iowa an nounced the death of Midshipman Richard R. Landy of Tennessee, from peritonitis. THE W&ATHER. For Asheville and vicinity; Part' ly clouily weather tonight and Wed nesituy. i For North Carolina: Partly cloud)" tonight and Wednesday. Enlraiu-e to A. A. Fratlierston's Place Was Effected by Pulling a Sta ple, lJint Night. Thteves entered the grocery store of A. A. Featherston last night or early this morning and forcing the cash drawer, look therefrom n few dollars, mostly in pennies. Mr. Fentlierstnn was not Hied by telephone that his store door was opened and when he came and Inves tigated found that the Yal". lock on the front door had been tamprrcJ with and tin entrance effected by the pulling of a staple. An examination of the premise indicated that few If any goods hud been taken and al though the casli drawer had beer, broken open the harvest was not large. at most not over three or four dollarr. There is no clue to the Identity of the thieves except that a barber sleep Ing nearby heard a noise In he night and looking out of hN window taw some strange men looking In ut the window of the store. It Is suppose! that tht.se men ndght have been con nected with the robbery. UP-TO-DATE NAMES CHOSEN FOR STREETS Weavervlllo Discarding Nomenclature Tliat Means Nothing, In Its tine March of Irogres. ABNER IS SHOT 11 KILLED Had Been Accused of Having Been Em ployed by Hagniss to Kill Dr. Cox. Ab- and last Jackson, Ky., Aug. 23 John ner, a noted feudist, wus shot killed by unknown parties here night. Abner had been accused of be ing one of the men employed by Judge llargls and others to assassinate Dr. B. D. Cox, James Cockrell and James li. Marcum, during the feud lights eight years ago, but on each trial the Jury disagreed and the charges were not pressed. GEORGIA II BIG T Heavy Vote Reported From All Sections ol the State, And no Disorder Has Occurred. HOLD UPTRDLLEY CARS Get Watches and Cash From One, Con ductor of Another Fights Them Olf With Brake Iron. HE WILL ATTEND THE GQNVEHTIOH Col. Roosevelt, Before Leaving Today, Virtually Said He Would Make a Fight Against Old Guard. Correspondence of The Qaxette-News. Weave'rvllle, Aug. 11. Weavervllle Is not behind In the general Interest In good roads and our streets are re flecting this Interest In mors way than one, the chief of which la the selection of metropolitan names In place of the antiquated ones hitherto in use. For example, "Young un ave nue" has been changed to Church street This never was an avenue and most of the young uns have grown up and few of them have been replaced. "Monkey avenue" has been . dlgnllied to College street. There have been no monkeys on this street for years. "Bachelor row" la now Central ave nue, the number of , bachelor resi dents becoming so few that tha per sonal element was too pronounced, and then there was always the chance that this element might be entirely removed. The old names, while high ly significant and suitable at one time, have outlived their usefulness and must give way to the march of pro gress. Elbert Merrill has built a nice cot tage on Central avenu. Wllkesbarre, Pa., Aug. IS. Two masked hlghwayu.n held tip two In terurban cars last night, firing revol vers and terrorising the women pas sengers. They relieved the employes and a Ions male passenger of one car of watches and tl cash. The conductor of another car con taining women attacked the bandits with a brake Iron and put them to flight. The men have not been captured. The IkMlftH-d rounding on the Rocks. Toklo, Aug. IS. Tho hull of the British cruiser Bedford, which ran on Sa ma ran it rocks Sunday, Is still hang ing on the jagged rocks, pounding heavily In the high cea No attempts have been made yet to save the ves sel. . A 1100,000 lira In Kan Antonio. Ban Antonio, Aug. 11. Firs origi nating In the warehouse In west An tonio today destroyed a block and a half of warehouses. Thn loss Is f 100,- 00. . ., s ' , Atlanta, Aug. 23. Qovernor Brown and former Governor Hoke Smith, political rivals, matched forces for the second time in the democratic primary for gubernatorial nomination today. Little interest is shown for other state offices. The fight In this congressional district Is between Rep resentatlve Livingston and William Hchley Howard and the result Is In doubt. A heavy vote Is reported In all sec tlons of the state and there is no ills order. Se lacular Clone. With two rival torchlight proces slons that taxed the police force of the city, the campaign in Atlanta saw a spectacular finish, last night. To prevent a clash between the two ar mies of Smith and Brown marchers, each body was pledged to obey the orders of the mounted police at the head of either column and as a fur ther precaution the Fmlth men were compelled, by order of the mayor, to go four blocks out of their way In or der to prevent the two bodies coming together In front of the governor's mansion, where Governor Brown was addressing hlsi followers. The managers of the campaigns of Governor Brown and ex-Governor Smith last night gave the Associated Press the following predictions as to the result of today's election: By J. It. Bmlth, manager for Gov ernor J. H. Brown: "Based on reliable and confidential reports frsm Governor Brown's friends In practically every county In the state received during the past forty-eight hours, we are confident that ht will be triumphantly re-nomlnated In tomorrow's primary. In our can did judgment he will have not less than 250 votes In the convention out of a possible 181." By Calvin M. ' Hitch, manager for Hoke Bmlth: "Governor prown's election two years ago was due largely to the panto that swept the country about the time of his election. The many changes thst have been going .. on for the past three weeks clearly In dicate that Hoke Rmlth will be sleet ed by a large majority. Of the 140 counties In the state he will carry Continued on page i) Oyster Bay. Aug. 23. Colonel Roos evelt left today on the llrst of three long trips he will take within sis months. The trip will cover 5491 miles through fourteen suites. His llrst speech will be delivered this even ing before the Herkimer county grange on farm topics. Then he will remain at the home of Douglass Rob inson until Wednesday night, when he departs lor the west. On Thursday ha passes through Buffalo and Chicago; Friday through Omaha. He will reach Cheyenne Saturday for a stay over Sunday. Mr. Knosevelt remarked ai he edged his way through the crowd at the sta tion that It seemed like old campaign days. His wife, Quentin and tha Longworths went to the station with him. Grlscom and Loeb Joined him In thj car and after the conference a statement was Issued. The declaration was taken to mean that tha former will go to the convention and a wage fight against the "old guard" for a plntform and candidates he thinks moit desirable. Col. Roosevelt branded as false the story printed recently that he had sent Oriscom to Beverly recently with an ultimatum to President Taft. Tha first stop of the Roosevelt train will be at Utlca, where It is due at 1:31 p. m. DEMOCRATS NAME GARDNER AND FISHER IN 330. DlSf. Special to The Gaiette-News. ' ' ' Rutherfordton, Aug. 11. The dem ocrats of tha Thirty-third senatorial district In convention hers yesterday nominated Capt Max Gardner ot Cleveland and J. P. Fisher as candi dates to oppose the republican nomi nees. The thirty-third dlstrM Is com posed of the counties of Rutherford, Cleveland, Henderson and Polk. Continues) to Improve. New York, Aug. 11. Mayor nor continues to Improve and I" " ciiinuiru Willi last night. Gay-none
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